Manaveli Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
late Paleocene (outcrop at Pondicherry area)
Province:
E.India Cauvery Basin
Type Locality and Naming
PONDICHERRY OUTCROP:
Lithology and Thickness
"Poorly lithified buff sandy shale, siltstone, and fine-grained sandstone containing poorly preserved mollusks. The thickness is approximately 100 m."
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable on Karasur Fm
Upper contact
Unconformity (ca. 30 Myr gap) below Cuddalore Fm
Regional extent
not available. NOTE: GeoJSON omitted pending more information; but seems limited to Pondicherry Outcrop
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Paleocene (vague), and conformable above early Paleocene Karasur Fm. " Rajagopalan (1968) suggested Paleocene age for the Manaveli Formation on the basis of planktonic foraminifera."
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
60.45
Ending stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
56.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Shyam N. Mude Shyam Yawale and Vishal Choudhari (2020) "Sedimentological and geochemical characterization of Manaveli and Cuddalore formations, Puducherry Basin, India", Journal Indian Association of Sedimentologists, 37 (2): 115-130.